December 2011
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Box Office Returns Continue to Decline →
I know there’s plenty of blame to go around here: Big-screen TVs, people’s busy lives, 3D movie prices, film quality overall, but I think there’s a major component that never gets blamed: The failure of film advertising.
When I was 15 I knew the release dates for all the movies I was interested in. I saw a trailer in a theater maybe two months before the movie, saw the first TV...
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The clearest explanation of the Higgs Boson out... →
Still pretty wordy, but these are complex concepts. Anyone who’s genuinely curious should read this one!
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You know, just make a really terrible device.
The Verge lists some really great “alternative design options” that Apple offered Samsung to avoid infringing its design patents:
Display screens that aren’t centered on the front face and have substantial lateral borders.
Non-horizontal speaker slots.
Front surfaces with substantial adornment.
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Profiles that aren’t thin.
Cluttered appearance.
stacyk:
“Thanksgiving leftovers aren’t the only things that get reheated this time of year — so do the “Christmas wars,” and with it people’s tempers. While you may be chided for saying “Merry Christmas,” you haven’t lost sight of the many other real threats to religious expression.”
— Tony Perkins, via Family Research Council press release.
Quick note to world: you will not be chided for...
“Thanksgiving leftovers aren’t the only things that get reheated this time of...”
– Tony Perkins, via Family Research Council press release.
Quick note to world: you will not be chided for saying “Merry Christmas.” No, you won’t. You never have been. No, you haven’t. The end. Knock it off.
PS: If occasionally having to hear other viewpoints or share a national holiday with...